John Twells, An Explanation of the Additional Rules (1695)
Date
1695
Author
Book title
An Explanation Of The Additional Rules, For the Genders of Nouns, In The Oxford Grammar. By Way of Question and Answer. Opening the meanings of the Rules with great plainness to the Understanding of Children of meanest Capacity. With some Critical Observations on the same
Publication place
London
Publisher
Henry and John Mortlock
Text type
printed book
Genre
Grammars
Subject area
- grammar
- Latin
Word-group
type: undifferentiated
Word-entry
type: gloss
sample: 11. Qu. How many sorts of Nouns are of the Female Kind?
Ans. Two: (1) Proper names: as, Maria formosa beautiful Mary, hæc Eustochium. (2) Appellatives; as, Muller pudica a chast woman, mater optima the best mother; hæc equa a mare, hæc leæna a lioness, hæc gallina a hen. (p. 3)
sample: 11. Qu. How many sorts of Nouns are of the Female Kind?
Ans. Two: (1) Proper names: as, Maria formosa beautiful Mary, hæc Eustochium. (2) Appellatives; as, Muller pudica a chast woman, mater optima the best mother; hæc equa a mare, hæc leæna a lioness, hæc gallina a hen. (p. 3)
Alston
XVI.538
Wing
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